What questions would you set for an online Autism test?

It must be difficult, in fairness, to set suitable questions for such tests. Most are reasonably decent and fitting, perhaps (often, it's the inflexibility of the multiple-choice answer options that bother me). But some of the questions & answer-options appear loaded, borderline prejudicial or assumptive. Some seem vaguely similar to this:

'If your parents caught fire, would you:

A. Pick your nose.

B. Buy popcorn.

C. Cry until your socks shrank.

D. Toast marshmallows.

E. Hit the firefighters with a mallet, thus confirming complacent opinions that all autists are empathy-free, violent sociopaths.'

If you, as an autist, had to set questions and possible answers, what might they be?

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  • Couldn't agree more with your analysis of questions on online tests. For what it's worth, if your test question has space to explain the answer, I would say'Cry until your socks shrank, because then I could put out the fire with my tears. Mostly because it physically hurts me to watch other beings suffer.' 

    I've been wanting to collate a good list for almost two years actually, so thank you for this thread! Will brew some ideas and return anon...  

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  • Couldn't agree more with your analysis of questions on online tests. For what it's worth, if your test question has space to explain the answer, I would say'Cry until your socks shrank, because then I could put out the fire with my tears. Mostly because it physically hurts me to watch other beings suffer.' 

    I've been wanting to collate a good list for almost two years actually, so thank you for this thread! Will brew some ideas and return anon...  

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